EXCHANGE
ERASMUS+ AND NORDPLUS
The collaboration with Nordic and European (including Swiss) music academies is organized under the framework of the Nordplus and Erasmus+ Programme. RDAM has more than 50 Erasmus+ and Nordplus bilateral agreements with a primary focus on student, teacher and staff mobility.
Erasmus Fact sheet
Erasmus Charter for Higher Education 2021-2027
Erasmus Policy Statement 2021-2027
OVERSEAS EXCHANGE
RDAM collaborates with prestigious overseas music academies and have signed inter-institutional agreements with most of them, providing students the opportunity to apply for exchange at RDAM.
APPLICATION PROCESS FOR ALL EXCHANGE STUDENTS
CAN I APPLY FOR EXCHANGE AT RDAM?
The Royal Danish Academy of Music (RDAM) welcomes applicants for exchange from our international partners within the Nordplus or Erasmus+ programmes or with partners that have entered into an inter-institutional agerement with RDAM. Students can apply for exchange for one or two semesters.
Contact the International Coordinator at your home institution for further information on local application procedures and requirements. Your home institution must approve of your application and nominate you to RDAM.
In case your institution does not currently have an exchange agreement with RDAM, you can ask them to contact RDAM International Office: international@dkdm.dk.
PREPARE YOUR APPLICATION
Prepare the following before starting your online application. Your application may be rejected if you fail to provide the required documents and files by the deadline 1 March:
- Study plan: study programme and main subject (the learning agreement will be prepared at a later stage if admitted at RDAM)
- Curriculum Vitae
- Letter of Motivation
- Letter of Recommendation (from main subject teacher or similar)
- Request for specific teacher (if any)
- Photo
- One link only to Audition recording (no text). Click on the dropdown below for further information on the recording.
The audition repertoire is free of choice within the classical western repertoire and should be maximum 15 min.
The recording must be a video recording, preferably uploaded to youtube.
Find recommendations for the recording here (youtube).
Editing is only allowed between performances (i.e. between pieces), and the audition must be recorded within six months of submitting your application.
Composition applicants must submit the score of one or two composed piece(s) showing both technical and compositional skills.
Tonmeister/Sound Engineer applicants must submit a production, incl. a production plan.
You are not required to upload a learning agreement in your application. Simply fill in the Study Plan with details of the programme you wish to follow in your online application. As a minimum this should include your main study subject and the RDAM programme you wish to follow.
If you are admitted to RDAM, you must complete a mandatory learning agreement. Detailed information on the Learning Agreement will be provided to admitted students.
For information on available courses, you are referred to the course catalogue / appropriate curricula.
The subjects available to exchange students are listed in the appropriate curricula for the study programme (Information about available courses)
All subjects are taught in English, except the Music Teaching Programme where Danish is required.
RDAM does not offer exchange opportunities in the following programmes:
- Orchestra Conducting
- Early Music (except Recorder, Harpsicord and Viola da Gamba)
If you have any questions regarding the courses offered, please contact the International Office.
APPLY ONLINE
RDAM only accepts applications in the online application system Easy Mobility Online and does not accept applications through e-mail or regular post.
All applicants must be nominated by their home institution as part of the application process. Please consider the timing of this, when preparing your application.
When applying through the EASY Mobility Online system, please note that there is a process connected to the sending institution and several steps to be completed before the application can be finally submitted to the receiving institution.
If your home institution does not use the system Easy Mobility Online, the coordinator at your institution will automatically receive an email from EASY Mobility Online. From here they must nominate (approve) your application which will then be available and ready to be assessed by RDAM.
Please contact the international office with questions: international@dkdm.dk
WHEN CAN I EXPECT A REPLY TO MY APPLICATION?
Folllowing the application deadline 1 March, all applications are forwarded to the selection committee. Applicants can expect a reply in early May whether or not they have been accepted as exchange students. Students who accept the offer of admission, will receive an admission letter with detailed information on the study year, including an academic calendar and information on the learning agreement.
IMPORTANT DATES FOR ALL EXCHANGE STUDENTS
| DATE | CONTENT |
|---|---|
| 15 December 2024 - 1 March 2025 | Mobility Online application system is open |
| 1 March 2025 00.00 hrs. CET | Strict deadline for complete applications including nominations by home institution and upload of all required documents |
| Mid March 2025 | Applications forwarded to the selection committee |
| Early May 2025 | Expected reply to submitted applications |
| Late August to late January | Autumn semester |
| Late January to late June | Spring semester |
